In Alberta, where in-person learning at schools resumed on Jan. 11, there have been in-school exposures to a new COVID-19 variant in at least nine schools.
Canada's pandemic hotspots are taking diverging approaches to handling the COVID-19 crisis as spring break nears.
The coronavirus pandemic is forcing President Joe Biden to alter another first for his administration: the typically formal White House meeting with a foreign counterpart
The coronavirus pandemic is forcing President Joe Biden to alter another first for his administration: the typically formal White House meeting with a foreign counterpart
The coronavirus pandemic is forcing President Joe Biden to alter another first for his administration: the typically formal White House meeting with a foreign counterpart. Biden will play host to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday for the first bilateral meeting of his presidency, but he will do it
The country's chief public health officer said Canadians need to maintain COVID-19 precautions, especially as cases of more contagious variants mount across the country.
So far, a total of 776,213 people in Canada have recovered after contracting the disease.
The rollout may be complicated by new federal guidance that says the newly-approved AstraZeneca vaccine isn't recommended for seniors over the age of 65.
The new infections brought the national count to 852,274 cases since the pandemic began last spring, of whom at least 799,835 patients have recovered to date.
To date, the virus has claimed 21,311 lives in Canada, while a total of 2,405,804 people have died worldwide.
To date, 802,931 people have recovered after falling ill, and 1,652,282 doses of the vaccines approved by Health Canada have been administered.
Provincial health officials also confirmed that another 38 people have died after contracting the disease.